#96CDF2#96CDF2

#96CDF2 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.077 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#96CDF2
RGB	rgb(150, 205, 242)
HSL	hsl(204, 78%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(204, 38%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(38%, 15.3%, 0%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -8.70, -23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 25.39, 249.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0405 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.077 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4307, 56.5546, 92.2460)
Luminance	0.5656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#96CDF2 #F2BB96

analogous

#96F2E9 #96CDF2 #969FF2

triadic

#96CDF2 #F296CD #CDF296

tetradic

#96CDF2 #E996F2 #F2BB96 #9FF296

square

#96CDF2 #E996F2 #F2BB96 #9FF296

split-complementary

#96CDF2 #F2969F #F2E996

monochromatic

#2999E5 #60B3EB #96CDF2 #CCE7F9 #E4F2FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#96CDF2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#96CDF2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #96CDF2

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##96CDF2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##96CDF2	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDCCF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C2F1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75D6D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #96cdf2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(150, 205, 242);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.077 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8dcf6',
    500: '#96cdf2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #96cdf2;
$custom-light: #b8dcf6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#96cdf2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 150,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 242
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.13,
    "s": 77.966,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82334,
    "c": 0.07725,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#96CDF2

secondary

#CF8B5D

accent

#5F0BDA

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F8FCFE

border

#D1D5D6

text

#121517

muted

#828485

Preview Lab

Preview with #96CDF2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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